House For Sale £975,000
A charming Edwardian 5/6 bedroom detached character home, which offers over 2300 sq ft of accommodation, and been dearly loved by the current family for the past 20 years. This truly delightful, extended home offers a stylish blend of past and present and is very well presented throughout. Affording extremely spacious rooms and many original character features with flexible accommodation. There are 4 reception areas, (one currently being used as bedroom 6) and a bathroom on the ground floor, as well as 5 double bedrooms and a shower room on the first and second floors. Still offering further potential for personalisation, this fabulous family home is one not to be missed! The property also enjoys a wonderful 70ft x 50ft south facing rear garden and a 50ft x 30ft driveway. It is only 650m from the restaurants, shops and bars in Penn Hill and only ½ a mile from Branksome Chine where a pleasant sylvan walk leads to the sandy beach.
• Fabulous Edwardian home extending to over 2300 sq ft with 5/6 bedrooms and 3/4 reception areas
• Superb, welcoming entrance hall having a beautiful stained glass landing window
• Generous sitting room with open fire, opening into a separate dining room with doors to the garden
• Further snug/garden room, to the rear of the property with doors opening to the garden
• Kitchen fitted in an extensive range of units with work tops over and space for Range style cooker, fridge/freezer, dishwasher and washing machine (current appliances available by separate negotiation)
• Sitting room with original features such as walk-in square bay, picture rails and fire surround, currently used as bedroom 6 (the owner has used this room for Airbnb)
• Character feel throughout with high ceilings, picture rails, ceiling coving, original staircase, and fireplaces
• Fully tiled family bathroom on the ground floor, with jacuzzi style bath and shower over. Further first floor shower room with built in storage cupboards
• 4 first floor double bedrooms with bedroom 4 fitted out as a dressing room with wardrobes, cupboards, and drawers
• Bedroom 5 has access to loft storage and possibly the addition of an en suite
• The owner has loved the garden, which is 70ft x 50ft, south facing and has a large, blocked paved area ideal for relaxing and entertaining, there are steps up to a further raised patio with shed, summer house, greenhouse, and there is a further seating area to the rear. The block paving continues around the house to the front, where there is off road parking for 3 cars.
• Gas central heating and mostly double glazed; the roof was replaced in 2020, and the tiles were selected to be in keeping with the age of the property.
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The home is a few hundred yards from Penn Hill offering a range of bars, restaurants, shops, and a patisserie and the popular Ashley Cross is just over ½ a mile away. Branksome Park is just over a mile away and provides a lovely walk through the Chine to Branksome Beach. Along the way, you will find Branksome Park Tennis Club which offers coaching for all ages. In terms of schooling, the property currently falls into the Baden Powell and Courthill School catchment areas, whilst the area is well-served by schools in both the public and private sectors.
COUNCIL TAX BAND: F EPC RATE: E
